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CARRIAGE CLIP.

Patented Aug, 28, 1883.

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NITED STATES i ATEN FFICE.

WILLIAM H. COOPER, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO M.

' SEWARD & SON, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRlAGE C-LlP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,976, dated August28, 1883. Application filed June 18, 1883. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VVM. H. COOPER, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented new Improve ments inCarriage-Clips; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part .of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1, a side view; Fig. 2, a top view; Fig. 3, a transverse section.

This invention relates to an improvement in clips for carriages, withspecial reference to clipping the springs to the cross-bars. Unlike theclips which embrace the bar in the clipping of other springs and partsto a carriage, the legs of this clip pass down through holes in the barin a plane parallel with the bar itself; hence to make a neat job it isdesirable that the body of the clip shall lie flush with the surface ofthe bar. They are there fore let into the bar by cutting a groovecorresponding to the shape of the body of the clip. In the usualconstruction these clips have been made U shape, with the body flat onits under side and rounded upon the back; hence a square recess must becut in the bar. This square or angular shape makes it difficult to cut agroove into which the body will perfectly fit.

The object of my invention is to construct the clip with a body of ashape which will permit an easy fitting of the body into the bar; and itconsists in the construction of the clip, as hereinafter described, andmore particularly recited in the claims.

A represents the body; B B, the two legs, which are formed at rightangles to the body,

and distant from each other according to the width of the spring. Intransverse section this body is flat upon its upper surface, as seen inFig. 3, and curved or sen1i-polygonal upon its under surface, so as tocome to substantially a sharp edge at the two sides, and in widthgreater than the diameter of the legs. At the two ends the bodypreferably projects, as at a, and in circular shape concentric with thelegs, as seen in Fig. 2, the under surface curved. To fit this body tothe bar it is only necessary to bore the holes for the two legs-that is,countersink the two holes upon the surface of the bar corresponding tothe twoends a a of the body. Then with a gouge cut across from onecountersink to the other. This, therefore, not only facilitates thecutting or fitting of the body, but insures a more accurate fit. The twoends a a need not project beyond the line of the legs; but I prefer todo this, as it renders the countersinking more easily performed; but ifstanding flush with the sides of the legs the gouge employed readilycuts the proper curve for the ends, and across from end to end toreceive the body.

I claim- 1. The hereindescribed carriage-clip, consisting of the body A,two legs, B B, said body flat upon its upper surface and in transversesection curved or semi-polygonal shaped upon the under side,substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A carriageclip consisting of the two legs B, the body A, flat uponits upper surface, curved upon its under side in transverse sec tion,its ends projecting in a circle concentric with the legs, substantiallyas described.

WM. H. COOPER.

Witnesses:

J OHN E. 'EARLE, Jos. O. EARLE.

